ELASTIC STRESS DOMAINS AND THE HERRINGBONE RECONSTRUCTION ON AU(111)

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作者
NARASIMHAN, S [1 ]
VANDERBILT, D [1 ]
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[1] RUTGERS STATE UNIV,DEPT PHYS & ASTRON,PISCATAWAY,NJ 08855
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1564
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We suggest that the herringbone reconstruction of the Au(111) surface results from the spontaneous formation of "stress domains." The surface is described theoretically by a 2D Frenkel-Kontorova model. Upon including long-range elastic interactions, the stress-domain pattern is energetically favored. The surface topography and structure factor obtained by relaxing atomic coordinates using molecular dynamics bear a strong resemblance to scanning tunneling microscopy pictures and x-ray scattering data, respectively. Our numerical estimate for the separation between domain walls is consistent with experimental results.
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